Retrospective Epiphany and The Perils of Judgement in Education
Last week’s academic frustrations and the subsequent scouring of all Ken Robinson internet videos led to a number of events. First it culminated in the Sir Ken Robinson Video Marathon post. It also led...
View ArticleSoliloquies on Capitalism and Utopian Visions
Two of my favourite soliloquies from film are focused on capitalism and the effects of industrialization. One is affirmative and one is critical and yet both are brimming with truth. I was unable to...
View ArticleUnfulfilled Visions and Machinations of Change
My father recently read my post on Soliloquies and Utopian Visions, during our Christmas get together he commented that the counterculture of the 60’s was largely interested in doing away with work and...
View ArticleDownton & Judgement
My interest was sufficiently piqued to watch the first season of Downton Abbey with my wife after reading the fantastic 1000 word essay on the death of the american dream and the denial thereof...
View ArticleBlackout Apologies, The Fight, and the Future
I’m sorry. It was probably wrong of me to publish a new post which was Virtual Novel Writing Studio – Scrivener on the same day that I was planning to participate in the internet blackout to protest...
View ArticleHis and Her’s – Entry Art
This will be an unusually short post for Exploring-Art because I had an impromptu moment of aesthetic bliss and I wanted to share. My wife and I have been in Vancouver this weekend, and we are...
View ArticleEnthusiasm is a renewable resource
“Enthusiasm is a form of social courage.” – The Happiness Project, Chapter 11 – Gretchen Rubin YES! I love this quote from the Happiness Project. Those of you who know me or have read a fair share of...
View ArticleEnthusiasm, Maslow and The Element
I am an enthusiastic convert – I subscribe to Sir Ken Robinson’s updated Jungian view that by people pursuing their passion(s), or being in their Element, there is a transformative effect on the...
View ArticleFinal Happiness Project Rumination
Now that I’ve identified an additional shortcoming in my set of 2012 resolutions and established a new framework to fix it, it is time to further detail my resolve. Also I am inverting my modified...
View ArticleLearning to See
I’m pretty busy with work right now. I’ve set myself on the path towards my next credential, which means I’m doing a lot of thinking and reading about work related topics on my own time. I have...
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